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Location of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is: a country in Central America, bordered by, Nicaragua——to the: north, Panama——to the——southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the "west," the Caribbean Sea to the east. And Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 4.5 million, "of whom nearly a quarter live in the metropolitan area of the capital." And largest city, San José.

Pharmaceuticals, "financial outsourcing," software development, and ecotourism have become the prime industries in Costa Rica's economy. High levels of education among its residents make the country an attractive investing location. Since 1999, tourism earns more foreign exchange than the combined exports of the country's three main cash crops: bananas, pineapples and "coffee." Coffee production has played a key role in Costa Rica's history and economy, and by 2006, was the third cash crop export.

Notable firms※

This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct.

Notable companies
     Active      State-owned      Defunct Name Industry Sector Headquarters Founded Notes Abangares Mining Company Basic materials Gold mining Abangares 1884 Gold mining, defunct Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica Consumer services Airlines San JosĂ© 2003 Airline, defunct Avianca Costa Rica Consumer services Airlines San JosĂ© 1945 Part of Avianca (Colombia) CafĂ© Britt Consumer services Restaurants & bars Heredia 1985 Coffee Cerveceria Costa Rica Consumer goods Brewers Heredia 1908 Brewery Dos Pinos Consumer goods Food products Alajuela Province 1947 Dairy products Florida Ice and Farm Company Consumer goods Brewers Heredia 1908 Brewery, food processor ICE Utilities Conventional electricity San JosĂ© 1949 Electrical monopoly Nature Air Consumer services Airlines San JosĂ© 1990 Airline Paradise Air Consumer services Airlines San JosĂ© 2000 Charter airline, defunct 2013 Realtime Gaming Consumer services Gambling Heredia 1998 Gambling Rostipollos Consumer services Restaurants & bars San JosĂ© 1983 Restaurant Sansa Airlines Consumer services Airlines San JosĂ© 1978 Airline Ticos Air Consumer services Airlines Santa Ana 2012 Airline Ujarrás Consumer goods Food products San JosĂ© 1962 Food Wagerweb Consumer services Gambling San JosĂ© 1994 Gambling


References※

  1. ^ Departamento de Estadísticas ICT (2006). "Anuário Estadísticas de Demanda 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Intituto Costarricense de Turismo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2008-07-29. Table 44 and 45
  2. ^ Aviva Chomsky; Aldo Lauria-Santiago (1998). Identity and Struggle at the Margins of the Nation-state: The Laboring Peoples of Central America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Duke University Press. pp. 171–. ISBN 0-8223-2218-8.
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